[PAULUS libro primo manualium. ] §8.4.18.prReceptum est, ut plures domini et non pariter cedentes seruitutes imponant uel adquirant, ut tamen ex nouissimo actu etiam superiores confirmentur perindeque sit, atque si eodem tempore omnes cessissent.
[PAULUS, book 1 of Manuals] It is accepted that several owners, even when transferring not at the same time, may impose or acquire servitudes, provided, however, that by the latest act the prior ones are also confirmed, and it is treated just as if all had transferred at the same time.
et ideo si is qui primus cessit uel defunctus sit uel alio genere uel alio modo partem suam alienauerit, post deinde socius cesserit, nihil agetur: cum enim postremus cedat, non retro adquiri seruitus uidetur, sed perinde habetur, atque si, cum postremus cedat, omnes cessissent: igitur rursus hic actus pendebit, donec nouus socius cedat.
And therefore, if he who transferred first has either died or alienated his share in another class or another manner, and thereafter a co-owner transfers, nothing will be achieved; for when the last person transfers, the servitude is not deemed to be acquired retroactively, but it is held just as if all had transferred at the time when the last person transfers; therefore, this act will remain in suspense again until the new co-owner transfers.
idem iuris est et si uni ex dominis cedatur, deinde in persona socii aliquid horum acciderit.
The same rule of law applies if a transfer is made to one of the owners, and then any of these things happens in the person of a co-owner.
ergo et ex diuerso si ei, qui non cessit, aliquid tale eorum contigerit, ex integro omnes cedere debebunt: tantum enim tempus eis remissum est, quo dare facere possunt, uel diuersis temporibus possint, et ideo non potest uni uel unus cedere.
Therefore, conversely, if any such thing happens to him who has not transferred, all must transfer anew; for only such time is granted to them in which they can give or do, or in which they can do so at different times, and therefore one person cannot transfer, nor can a transfer be made to one person.
idemque dicendum est et si alter cedat, alter leget seruitutes.
And the same must be said even if one transfers and the other bequeaths the servitudes.
nam si omnes socii legent seruitutes et pariter eorum adeatur hereditas, potest dici utile esse legatum: si diuersis temporibus, inutiliter dies legati cedit: nec enim sicut uiuentium, ita et defunctorum actus suspendi receptum est.
For if all the co-owners bequeath the servitudes and their inheritances are accepted at the same time, it can be said that the legacy is valid; but if at different times, the legacy becomes due inoperatively; for it is not accepted that the acts of the deceased can be suspended in the same manner as those of the living.